Yesterday, I shared briefly about my climbing Snowmass Mountain. Not twelve hours later, I get a Facebook message (oh Facebook, how I love/hate you) from one of the guys I met up with along the way. He tells me that his friend, Joel, who was climbing with us made a short video of their experience on the mountain.
In a word… stunning.
Worth every second of your four minutes. Yours truly even makes a blink of an eye cameo appearance.
Snowmass Epiphany from Joel Pilger on Vimeo.
I don’t want to ruin it with too many words, but two quick observations. One, I had no idea that he was videoing all this. Granted, I was pretty busy with what I was doing, but come on. You think I would notice a dude whipping out his camera every few minutes. Two, you just have to appreciate the art of telling a story through video. Of course, not anyone can pull this off. Joel obviously knew what he was doing. Great angles. Great material. Great music. Even great words. But a four minute video tells a story that I couldn’t have even if I had all the paper and ink (or screen space and pixels) in the world.
Never had any desire to climb mountains, even with my whole family having backpacked in Colorado with you and Craig, but that video was amazing. I understand now why people do it. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Taido! Joel here. Thanks so much for the kind words. The video was a thrill to shoot and edit.
But more importantly, I’m glad you made it down Snowmass safely! The message you left at our camp was a beautiful gesture…